Per AppleInsider, wireless carrier AT&Tturned on its 4G LTE network in 24 markets across the U.S.

The announcement of the 24 new markets comes as AT&T also began sales of Apple’s latest iPads, which feature high-speed 4G LTE radios, along with the iPhone 5.

A total of 16 new LTE-capable markets were announced by AT&T on Friday. They are:
– Charleston, S.C.

– Columbia, S.C.

– Columbus, Ohio

– Corvallis, Ore.

– Downriver Wayne & Monroe Counties, Det.

– El Paso, Tex.

– Eugene, Ore.

– Fairfield County, Conn.

– Greater Mobile, Ala.

– Greenville, S.C.

– Jonesboro, Ark.

– Pensacola, Fla.

– Portland, Maine

– Saratoga & Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

– South Bend, Ind.

– Toledo, Ohio

Those 16 new locations were joined by eight more that were announced by AT&T earlier this week. Those markets were:
– Anne Arundel County, Md.

– Daytona Beach, Fla.

– Denver, Colo.

– Louisville, Ken.

– Milwaukee, Wis.

– Tacoma, Wash.

– Twin Cities, Minn.

– York, Penn.

AT&T said Friday that its 4G LTE network covers more than 150 million people in 103 markets across the U.S., a number that more than doubles the company’s LTE coverage as of the end of 2011. More expansions are planned through the end of the year.

AT&T plans to have its LTE network reach 250 million people by the end of 2013, and 300 million by the end of 2014.

Stay tuned for additional details as they become available and if you’re in any of these markets, let us know how the new 4G LTE network is performing for you.